Hat box



Nw. 1e, 1926. 1,606,811

w. D. scHuLKE HAT' Box Filed Feb. 20, 1925 rllll ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 16, 1926.

UNITED srAras WALTER D. SCHILKE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

HAT BOX.

Application filed February 20, 1925. Serial No. 10,472.

My invention relates to an improvement in hat boxes shown in the accompanying drawings and more particularly described in the following specification and claims.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a travelers hat box adapted to receive and protect a dress or other hat that it may be secure from dust, dirt or damage in transit.

A further object of the invention is to construct the box cover with a chamber adapted to receive collars, ties or other small articles of apparel, extending into the crown of a hat to maintain the latter in spaced relation to the walls of the box.

`With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds the invention further resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed it being understood that changes may be made in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed without departing from the spirit of the same.

In the drawings accompanying this specification:

Figures l is a side elevation of the device showing in dotted lines the box cover raised-also the collar chamber and its cover in raised position.

Figure 2 is a. vertical cross-sectional view through the device shown in Figure l constructed of sheet metal with a hinge connecting the cover and box together.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the box formed of leather, papiermch, or other like material, secured together by a suitable hinge.

Figure 4C is a fragmentary cross-sectional view through the cover, showing the collar box or receptacle integral therewith-the cover for the latter being hinged to the top of the main cover.

Referring now to the letters of reference placed upon the drawings:

A denotes the box proper in which the crown of a hat may be lodged.

B indicates an annular projecting frange adapted to receive the brim of a hat, whereby the latter is supported in spaced relation to the bottom of the box. The iiange B is provided with an upturned rim C, to which a cover D is hinged.

E denotes the hinge connecting the cover gral The cover D is provided with va downwardly extending flange D1 adapted to project within the rim of the box.

F denotes a chamber or box extending downwardly from the cover D into the crown of the hat-not shown-to secure the hat against lateral movement or displacement and to provide a receptacle for collars, ties or other small articles of apparel.

The box F is provided with a cover G which may be hinged to the underside of the box-as in Figure Q-or to the main cover-as indicated in the modification shown in Figure 4.

It will be noted that the modification shown in Figure 4 adapts itself more readily to a die formation of the cover-the central ,depression for the collar box being formed simultaneously with the main cover of the hat box. l

Attention is especially directed to the fact that the downwardly projecting collar box serves the dual purpose of centering the hat in the box so that its outer surface may not be injured through contact with the side walls of the box, and as a convenient receptacle for collars, ties or other small articles of dress,

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

l. In a device of the character described, a box formed of sheet metal and circular in horizontal cross-section having at its open end and flush therewith a 'laterally extending annular flange adapted to support the rim of a hat, said flange having an inte- 'upstanding rim surrounding the flange; a cover hinged to the rim having an integral flange adapted to fit the rini of the box, said cover having also a central downwardly extending portion forming a chamber within the box adapted to enter the crown of a hat when lodged in the box to secure the hat against displacement; and an auxiliary cover hinged to the wall of the rst named cover to close the opening into the chalnbered portion of the latter.

2. In a device of the character described, a-box formed of sheet metal and circular in horizontal cross-section having atits open end and flush therewith a laterally extending annular flange adapted to support the rim of a hat, said flange having an inte-f' gral upstandin'g rim surrounding the flange; a cover hinged to the' rim having an integral flange adapted to .tit the rim of box, said cover lmng also a central downA "zudly extendingv portion forn'lng a chainber Within the box adapted i'o enter the crown of a hat when lodged 'u1 Jthe box to secure the hat aga-inst displacement; and an auxiliary cover hinged to the outside of the wall of the Erst named cover to close the opening into the ohambered portion of the latter, whereby Upon ialflnp; the last named Cover access um); be gained uo the conents 10 of said cllznnbored portion without. raising the main Cover o1' disturbing he hat lodge-d in the box. Y

In testimony whereof, l slgn'tlns spee-- loaton.

VALTER D. SCHILKE. 

